36 SIDELINESMAY 2014
FORHORSEPEOPLE • ABOUTHORSEPEOPLE
second year ina rowasReserve
Champion
Cachionne Cup
Rider
.
TheLakePlacidHorseShow
Association
has announced
that it will install new footing in
time for this year’s horse shows.
The horse show had announced
plans last summer to install new
footing with work to begin at the
conclusion of the 2014 horse
shows so that all wouldbe ready
for the opening of the 2015 Lake
Placid Horse Shows. However,
with the addition of a third week
to thisyear’sschedule, thehorse
show feels that itwill bebetter for
exhibitors toaccelerate thescheduleand install thenew footing in
time for the opening of this year’s horse shows. Great news!
Congratulations to
Steve Stephens, Seamus Brady
and
Daniel Marks
,
VMD
who were recently elected to the
Show
Jumping Hall of Fame
. This is a great honor that is bestowed
on a select fewwhose contributions to the sport of show jumping
have set them apart. Those individuals have displayed great
dedication, skill, andpassion for the sport, and their influencehas
had a significant impact.
Congratulations to
TheCommunicationsAlliance toNetwork
ThoroughbredEx-Racehorses
(CANTER)Mid-Atlantic, forbeing
named one of two beneficiaries by the
Wicomico Equestrian
Center’s Thoroughbred Festival
at Winterplace Park on April
15, 2014. “We are very excited to be named one of this year’s
recipient,” said
AllieConrad
, executive director of CANTERMid-
Atlantic. “The donations we receive from this exciting event that
highlights the off-track-Thoroughbred will go directly to caring for
CANTER horses that are now going through rehabilitation and
retraining.”
Getwell soon to
BevinO’ReillyDugan
!Bevinwasat
Southern
Pines
going cross-country and having a beautiful run on
Kemmerlin
whenhe lost a shoeat jump14andhunga legat the
corner of 14b. Bevin went to the hospital and had two collapsed
lungs and three fractured ribs. But you can’t keep a good rider
down, because shewas out of the hospital in a day or two and is
recuperating in
Aiken, SouthCarolina
, before heading home to
Vermont.
Sidelines
Magazine was sad to hear of the passing of hunter
trainer
Bill Cooney
. A celebration of Bill’s life was held in
Wellington, Florida. Our condolences to his family and friends.
The third Annual
D-Teq Fútbol Fiesta
presented by
EquiFit
was a kicking success! Eight
teams took part in the single-elimination soccer tournament, organized and sponsored by
EquiFit. More than 10 barns were represented by their grooms including:
Stateside Farm,
Derbydown, Spy Coast Farm, Baxter Hill, JET Show Stables, Equinimity, Skara Glen
Stables, East Wind Farm, Copper Lane Farm
and
Stonehenge Stables
. Congratulations
to the Blue Team who took the championship. “The grooms work very hard during the winter
circuit inWellington andwe organize this tournament as a big ‘thank you’ to them,” saidEquiFit
Founder andPresident
AlexandraCherubini
.
